"The aster has flowered, its pale purple like the color of smoke rising from my reveries. A flock of crows utterly motionless turn into pieces of charcoal, as the flames from the falling sun subside."

— Yosano Akiko

The Composition

Costus root, Siam wood, Hinoki, Smoldering paper, Cardamom

Sillage: Moderate Longevity: 4-10 hours

The Bottle

Our heavy flint glass bottles are produced in France by a family-owned glassmaker in operation since 1897.

The Packaging

All our packaging is manufactured and printed in the USA by independent family-owned and operated firms.

Matière Première

In French, matière première, or first material, is natural raw material, called so because it is the starting point for a fragrance, but above all because it is essential, primordial. All Apoteker Tepe fragrances begin with rare and unusual matières premières individually sourced from small-batch and sustainable producers all over the world.